POLAR EXPLORERS.
LONDON, September 16. Sir Ernest Shackleton has cabled from Chili stating that ho is hastening a settlement of matters.connected with tho Weddel Sea party, in order to reach Australia as soon as possibleIt is pointed out here that the Australian and New Zealand Governments adfe generously repairing and refitting tffla Aurora, and it is thought inadvisableKto despatch tho Aurora before the middle of December at the earliest, judging from the experience of the previous expedition. Sir Ernest Shackleton feels the keenest personal' responsibility in the Ross islanders. It is recalled that in one of his earliest letters, after his first return from Elephant Island, he declared that he would" not rest until he had done everything possible to' save the marooned men of both parties.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3557, 18 September 1916, Page 5
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127POLAR EXPLORERS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3557, 18 September 1916, Page 5
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